DISSIMULATION

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

(noun) the act of deceiving

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

dissimulation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimulations)

The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.

Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*sim`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation.]

Definition: The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon. Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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